The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-11

JEFFERSON IlTI, JAN. o.
DEAR BAZ0O:
Now that the New Year is here
upon us with all It's anticipated pleas
ures, we are still Micawber-like,
WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP
Not socially, but a murky, distant
cloud over-shadOws US, and We view
The coming horizon, wondering if
"The little rift within the lutte,
That, by and by, makes the music mute"
can really stay our swift, flying feet,
and we giddy society creatures pause
to see really whom all these distant
and vague rumors can effect. The
clerk at his desk,
THE Willy POLITICAL LOBBYIST, OR THE
GREAT OFFICIAL,
which? Somebody must be the suffer
er, whether wrOngfully or by that blind
God Justice" SO many recriminatiOns
cannot be ahoat without one little
spark of truth, and ROW that we are
happy over the election of that honest
re preventative of democratic princi-
Piles, Hon. j. w. Alexander, as
speaker. We feel that one step, and
that an important one, has been ac-
complished towards justice. All the
combined influence of the lobby could
not encompass his defeat, and as l
have before remarked, Truth is
mighty it will prevail"
A GREAT AND HONEST STATESMAN
told me story last night which might
prove that though for years We may
pose under the soubriquet of honesty,
time will reveal hypocricy, and
though the people may be successfully
deceived, we can be assured
that sour sins will find us out. /"
This is the interesting little
story let us call it a historical ro-
nance, / was told, "away back, say
for times sake ten years ago, there
was a great and mighty msn, taller
and vaster than all the rest, who was
elected president of the state grange,
and being smoOthe of speech and slick
of tongue successfully gulled the hon.
est yeOmanry of Missouri. At that
time Mr.. c I. glastonbury, of Mexico
Audrain county. was treasury of the
state grange. By some unfortunate
combination of circumstances hecame
out behind, in his financial settlement
with the grange, and being a good
and true man, no one questioned his
honest intention, gave up to the
grange his vast farm in that county,
valued at fully $4,000 and it was
offered for sale to satisfy
his Indebtedness, Mr.. glastonbury
insisted was due that organization.
Then William Woodward, lawyer
and real estate agent, wrote to the
president of the grange,
NOW OUR GREAT ROMAN OFFICIAL
that he had a purchaser for the land
at its market value. Behold, the
great and willy president slips quietly
down to Mexico, ignoring Mr.. Wood
wards proposition, and sells the land
at halt its value to an impecunious
lawyer that every body knew could
not pay for his daily bread, and whom
the citizens of Mexico knew was the
humble tool of this cunning avericious
president. This man is now In
Texas eking out an existence, but
William Woodward stands out as q
monument If honesty and is willing
to tell the truth as to the reputation
of this official. Who bought the farm
the poor lawyer or the great and
good (?) PRESIDENT ?"
Behold, We men and brethren, the
one whom you have delighted to hon.
or-traveling from county to county
under the pseudo sOubri9uet of Hon
est Notwithstanding the homes
granger-deceiving the public with
protestatiOns of devotion, and effect
ually cheating the state grange out o.
this al estate transaction. The
matter is on record, and there ar'
numerous reliable gentlemen from
Audrain County, who will assert t.
the truth of this story.
But the browning climax of Homes
John, was when he approached Hon
d. III. Mcintyre with the noble O.
offer to vote for him as assistant attor
ney to prosecute the H. Il St. Joe K.
r. case, in consideration that he.
(McIntyre), would buy the homes
officials house, for $1,000, actua
value of the house $500
Grand real estate specula
ton. Ye Democrats have now il
office One more such election
and your party will 60 "where the
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